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Florida International Trade Events
Newsletter September 30, 2015
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Welcome
to Enterprise Florida's International trade events newsletter!
New World Bank
PSLO - Enterprise Florida events:
Mission
to Uruguay (Montevideo, Uruguay)
New Enterprise
Florida events:
CeBIT 2016 (Hannover, Germany)
New Partner trade events:
Events are
listed in order by date. Please contact individual event organizers
for additional information.
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Programs
& Services for Florida Exporters
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Platinum Member
Sponsor
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Calendar of Events
For a complete listing of Enterprise Florida
events, please click the link below.
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World Bank PSLO - Enterprise Florida
Events
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Mission
to Uruguay
For Companies
Interested in IFI Business Opportunities
November 2-6,
2015
Montevideo,
Uruguay
The Chamber of Commerce of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (in
collaboration with the Canarian Chambers, the Chambers of Navarra,
Zaragoza, Mallorca and Santiago de Compostela, and the Cabildo de
Tenerife), invites you to join a mission to Montevideo, Uruguay, on November
2 - 6, 2015. The mission will be an opportunity for companies to
learn how they can take advantage of the business opportunities on
projects financed by international financial institutions (IFIs) in
Uruguay. The mission will include meetings with representatives of the
main donor agencies and the institutions in charge of managing the
funds. Moreover, the companies will have a chance to meet with
potential local partners to talk about collaborating in future
projects.
For further
information, please contact:
Kristian Jenkins
Enterprise Florida Inc.
WBG Private Sector Liaison Officer (PSLO)
kjenkins@enterpriseflorida.com
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Enterprise
Florida Trade Events
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Florida companies are invited
to participate in Hub Camara (Corporate Commercial Expo). Hub Camara is
a corporate multi-sector trade show for entrepreneurs, investors,
consultants, senior executives, decision makers and more interested in
establishing business partnerships and sharing knowledge, experiences
and ideas. Hub Camara will feature business conferences, workshops, a
commercial trade expo and mission component.
Trade Grants are available to help
offset your exhibition cost in this show. Please let EFI know if you
wish to receive more details on this opportunity.
For further information, please contact:
Jorge Riano
Enterprise Florida Inc.
jriano@enterpriseflorida.com
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Expo Beauty Show will take
place in Mexico City, Mexico from October 25-27, 2015. By far,
Expo Beauty Show is the largest and most influential event
for beauty professionals worldwide. This is the leading
professional beauty event in the world in terms of exhibition
space and attendees. Over 500 exhibitors will participate and more
than 80,000 attendees are expected. Expo Beauty Show will feature
300 presentations by the most renowned professionals in the
world and 80 educational seminars.
Trade
Grants are available to help offset your exhibition cost in this show.
Please let EFI know if you wish to receive more details on this
opportunity.
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Join
the Florida Pavilion at the Dubai Airshow. The record-breaking Dubai
Airshow is one of the largest and most successful air shows in the
world, connecting aerospace professionals across all areas of the
industry to facilitate successful global trade. For more than 15 years,
Enterprise Florida Inc. has participated in the FASTEST growing airshow
in the world. With support throughout every aspect of exhibiting, we
are committed to providing Florida companies with exceptional access to
new and emerging markets. In fact, we are so committed that in 2013,
Florida was the ONLY U.S. state to be represented at the Dubai Airshow.
We know how important international business is, and we are here to
help.
Trade Grants are available to help
offset your exhibition cost in this show. Please let EFI know if you
wish to receive more details on this opportunity.
For further information, please contact:
Paul Mitchell
Enterprise Florida Inc.
pmitchell@enterpriseflorida.com
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Enterprise
Florida is encouraging marine companies to attend the 2015 METS (Marine
Equipment Trade Show). Traditionally, METS provides companies an
unequaled opportunity for international expansion. Last year METS had
1,358 exhibitors from 48 different countries. Ninety-six percent of
exhibitors return annually and 97% recommended exhibiting at METS. In
2015, approximately 21,086 visitors attended METS. At METS, companies
are offered a variety of areas to exhibit that will ensure they gain
the exposure within the industry niche that is best for them. U.S.
Companies can exhibit within the USA pavilion, on the main floor or in
one of the industry specific pavilions that includes the Super Yacht
Pavilion, Marine & Yard Pavilion or the Construction Material
Pavilion.
Trade Grants are available to help
offset your exhibition cost in this show. Please let EFI know if you
wish to receive more details on this opportunity.
For further information, please contact:
Larry Bernaski
Enterprise Florida Inc.
lbernaski@enterpriseflorida.com
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Enterprise
Florida, Inc. (EFI) will lead an export sales mission to Honduras from
December 1-3, 2015. The country of Honduras holds vast opportunities
for Florida companies interested in increasing their footprint in the
Central American market. In fact, it serves as a distribution platform
for the rest of Central America due to some of the lowest logistical
costs in the region. Facilitated by the U.S.-Central America Free Trade
Agreement (CAFTA-DR), the U.S. has become the chief trading partner for
Honduras and exporters benefit from eliminated tariffs and barriers.
EFI will offer a limited number of Gold Key Matchmaking one-on-one
appointments. Small and mid-sized Florida manufacturers and eligible
high-tech companies and professional service providers may qualify for
a Gold Key Grant, which will offset 100 percent of the matchmaking
registration fee for the first company representative. A separate
application process will be required for this grant. Participants will
be selected on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Arab Health will be the largest
healthcare event for Middle East with the addition of the new Zabeel
Hall at the Dubai International Exhibition Centre. Over 5,000
exhibitors utilize this show as a launch platform for new products and
services as well as showcasing new developments. Arab Health
attracts decision-makers from the region’s healthcare sector. Arab
Health 2015 attracted 115,000 visitors from over 64 countries around
the world, including medical staff, hospital management, and dealer
distributors.
Trade Grants are available to help offset your
exhibition cost in this show. Please let EFI know if you wish to
receive more details on this opportunity.
For further information, please contact:
Michael Schiffhauer
Enterprise Florida Inc.
mschiffhauer@enterpriseflorida.com
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Singapore
Air Show is Asia’s largest aerospace and defense exhibition, hosting
1,018 exhibitors from 76 countries and more than 45,000 visitor
attendees. With major announcements from Airbus, Embraer, Boeing and
Rolls-Royce, 65 of the top 100 aerospace companies will be represented
at the show. This Enterprise Florida Inc. (EFI) led trip provides
exposure in the Asia-Pacific region for Florida aviation and aerospace
companies. EFI has multiple booth options to choose from, private
meeting rooms and a lounge area within the Florida Pavilion. Your
company will be sure to stand out amongst the crowd.
Trade Grants are
available to help offset your exhibition cost in this show. Please let
EFI know if you wish to receive more details on this opportunity.
For further information, please contact:
Paul Mitchell
Enterprise Florida Inc.
pmitchell@enterpriseflorida.com
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The
Middle East remains one of the most affluent regions in the world and
companies from all over the globe will showcase their latest designs
and innovations at the Dubai International Boat Show (DIBS). With an
impressive display of boats and super yachts in the Middle East and the
largest, most lucrative gathering of VIP’s and royal families; DIBS
delivers the ultimate meeting point for the region’s most prosperous
buyers. Attracting tens of thousands of visitors each year, DIBS is one
of the few events worldwide where companies constantly experience an
impressive return on their exhibition investment. Enterprise Florida is
once again teaming with the USA pavilion organizer and the U.S.
Commercial Service to offer companies the opportunity to exhibit in the
Florida Section of the US Pavilion.
Trade Grants are available to help
offset your exhibition cost in this show. Please let EFI know if you
wish to receive more details on this opportunity.
For further information, please contact:
Larry Bernaski
Enterprise Florida Inc.
lbernaski@enterpriseflorida.com
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(New)
CeBIT 2016
March 14-18,
2016
Hannover,
Germany
Enterprise
Florida is encouraging Florida technology companies to participate in
CeBIT, the world's largest international expo in the ICT industry.
Since 1986, the annual trade show has taken place in Hanover, Germany.
CeBIT 2016 is scheduled to be held March 16 to 20 (Monday through
Friday). Currently, 3,500 companies from 70 countries have registered
for participation, 92% of them buyers. As a leading IT expo and
conference, CeBIT focuses on B2B and covers multiple sectors including
IT equipment and components, software, internet, mobile,
telecommunication and digital business solutions.
Trade Grants are available to help
offset your exhibition cost in this show. Please let EFI know if you
wish to receive more details on this opportunity.
For further information, please contact:
Andrea Moore
Enterprise Florida Inc.
amoore@enterpriseflorida.com
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Partner Trade
Events
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The Florida Small
Business Development Center (FSBDC) at Florida Gulf Coast University
(FGCU) has partnered with Enterprise Florida to host the Center’s first
International Trade Expo. Three breakout sessions will run
concurrently with the open trade show. International experts will speak
on topics including website globalization, insuring export receivables,
and finding international clients and vetting buyers. Businesses will
have the opportunity to meet face-to-face with export specialists;
participate in export business matchmaking, and identify potential
export business partners.
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This seminar will provide an overview of: Resources for
new and experienced exporters; Use of Free Trade Zones including the
Miami Free Zone; Export clearance requirements; Export laws and
regulations; Export enforcement actions; Top 10 compliance tips; Doing
business with Cuba and what is legal now.
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The 33rd Annual MEDWeek is the largest federally-sponsored
conference for small and minority-owned businesses. This event provides
information and networking opportunities to help small businesses
develop and grow. This two-day conference will include:
- Business
Financing Forum and One-on-One Meetings with entities that will
provide financing to businesses or projects
- 3rd
Annual BizTank™ Investment Competition
- Commercial
& Government Contracting Opportunities
- Business
Opportunity Breakfast with Keynote Speaker Manny Mencia, Sr. Vice
President, International Trade Development, Enterprise Florida
Inc.
- Global
Trade Forum - Exporting Opportunities
- Power
Lunch – Jamaica USA Chamber & MEDWEEK Awards with Keynote
Speaker, Earl Jarrett, General Manager of the Jamaica National
Building Society
- B2B
Matchmaker & Jamaican Business Expo
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The Center for Hemispheric Policy will host a discussion
entitled “Elections in Argentina: Continuity or Change” on Friday,
October 9, from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. at the Hyatt Regency Coral
Gables (50 Alhambra Plaza, Coral Gables, FL). The speakers will be
Alberto Bernal-León, Head of Research and Partner, Bulltick Capital
Markets, Miami, Florida; Daniel Kerner, Director and Practice Head,
Latin America, Eurasia Group, Washington, D.C.; and Hector Schamis, Adjunct
Associate Professor, Center for Latin American Studies and Democracy
& Governance Program, Georgetown University; Columnist, El País;
Op-Ed Editor, El País América, Washington, D.C.The cost is $40; faculty
and students are admitted free with a valid ID. RSVP to chp-rsvp@miami.edu. For more
information, please call Jennifer Cordova at (305)-284-3708, or visit www.miami.edu/chp.
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On October 12-16, 2015, the Greater Fort
Lauderdale/Broward County and all of South Florida will welcome
international cities to recognize this region as one of the top
business opportunity destinations in the world. The goal of the Florida
International Trade & Cultural Expo (FITCE) is to expand Broward
County as the premier importing and exporting trading capital, while
helping to establish new businesses and nurture existing businesses to
continue growing. Meet one-on-one with international delegates, former
presidents, government leaders, entrepreneurs, chambers of commerce
leaders, business alliance and councils, seasoned importers/exporters,
and representatives from Broward County’s leading public economic
engines: Port Everglades, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International
Airport, The Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau
as well as Broward County’s Cultural Division, Enterprise Florida, and
The Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance.
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In this webinar, in-country experts from Wells Fargo and
U.S. officials from the International Trade Administration will discuss
approaches for effectively addressing China’s dynamic environment,
including:
- Highlights
of current market opportunities and challenges for U.S. companies
in China.
- Overview
of services available from International Trade Administration for
U.S. companies pursuing business in China.
- Solutions
for meeting your export needs while making your offering more
attractive to your customers in China.
- Reducing
currency risk in a volatile market.
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CREF 2015, the largest annual gathering of the Caribbean
energy market, will take place from October 19th-21st at the
InterContinental Miami. CREF 2014 was a sell-out event with more than
450 delegates participating from over 40 countries. As the C&I
market in the Caribbean takes off, and as new opportunities emerge in
jurisdictions from Cuba and Jamaica to Guyana and St. Lucia, join
utilities, governments, developers and providers of finance in Miami as
we roadmap the origination, financing and development of the Caribbean
renewable energy market.
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The Private Wealth Latin America & The Caribbean Forum
is a pan-regional wealth management, wealth planning and investment
management international meeting for private banks, HNWIs, wealth
managers, and family offices. The Forum brings together 600+ industry
leaders from Latin American and Caribbean Private Wealth Management
field for a two day conference discussing strategies to protect,
preserve and grow wealth.
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Thursday, October 22, from 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m., at the
Hyatt Regency Coral Gables (50 Alhambra Plaza, Coral Gables, FL), the
Center for Hemispheric Policy hosts a panel discussion entitled
“Brazil: What Are the Lessons of the Current Crisis? Will They be
Learned?” The panelists are: Armando Castelar, Coordinator of Applied
Economic Research, Instituto Brasileiro de Economia (IBRE), Fundação
Getulio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Paulo Sotero, Director, Brazil
Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars,
Washington, D.C.; and Joel Velasco, Senior Vice President, Albright
Stonebridge Group, Washington, D.C. RSVP to chp-rsvp@miami.edu. For more
information, please call Jennifer Cordova (305) 284-3708, or visit www.miami.edu/chp.
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The Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce's Americas Linkage
is a unique program that facilitates business development opportunities
through a series of business missions throughout the world. Linkage
missions include country briefings, business meetings, seminars and
networking opportunities.
Why Brazil? The largest country of South America, Brazil officially the
Federative Republic of Brazil is one of the most diverse tropical
countries of the world. Located in the eastern part of South America in
the Western Hemisphere, Brazil is the largest national economy in Latin
America, the world's eighth largest economy at market exchange rates
and the seventh largest in purchasing power parity (PPP), according to
the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
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The Supply Chain & Logistics Summit tackles current
trends and issues relevant to the U.S., Mexico, Canada and Latin
America. The Summit, set in Miami at the cross roads between North and
Latin America, brings together more than 200 decision makers, 40
commercial partners and 35 speakers. Featuring six streams, the event
is spread over two days, incorporates two networking evenings, more
than 40 sessions, breakfast briefings, lunches, social and digital hub,
product showcase and more. Gathering supply chain and logistics senior
executives and decision makers from the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Latin
America, the summit aims at identifying the keys for supply chains to
survive in a competitive world. All attendees are required to account
for a minimum budgetary spend which they are looking to invest in the
next 12-18 months.
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This three day seminar (with an optional field visit day),
will introduce foreign companies to the City of Miami as means to
penetrate the growing and attractive market of the State of Florida,
and to expand to the rest of the U.S. market. The seminar will be held
in classrooms and online at San Ignacio College Campus in Doral,
Florida.
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The
Manufacturers Association of Florida is pleased to present the 12th
Annual Summit and Marketplace in West Palm Beach. Hear about the State
of Manufacturing in Florida, Best Practices in Manufacturing, and
Manufacturing Community Partnerships. Speakers from Enterprise Florida
will highlight global opportunities for Florida manufacturers at this
showcase event.
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Air & Sea Cargo Americas will bring together top
executives from all sectors of the aviation, maritime and logistics
industries to exchange views and experiences to enhance the growth of
the cargo industry in the Western Hemisphere. Airports, seaports,
exporters, shipping lines, freight forwarders, shippers, importers,
consignees, equipment and technology suppliers, among others, will
interact, exchanging ideas and information. Topics will include
security, regional consolidation, manufacturer and shipper needs in
high growth cargo, trade facilitation, improving productivity, speed
and service quality, responding to market changes and demands from
shippers, consolidators and forwarders, and controlling costs while
streamlining customer services.
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This seminar will provide an overview of: Resources for
new and experienced importers; Use of Free Trade Zones including the
Miami Free Zone; How to work best with a customs broker to expedite
your shipments; FDA and U.S. Customs compliance issues when importing
food, cosmetics, and medical device products; Medical device basics,
FDA Laws/Regulations; FDA import process, what you need to know to
import; FDA Notices of Action; Best practices for due diligence and
responding to enforcement actions.
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You are invited to register as a Florida Delegate to the
38th Annual Joint Meeting of the Southeast U.S./Japan & Japan-U.S.
Southeast Associations. This important annual event will be held in
Birmingham, Alabama on November 15-17, 2015 at the Sheraton Birmingham
Hotel. The program will include remarks and presentations by top
business and government leaders, representing the most significant
aspects of the economic relationship as well as ties of tourism,
education, culture and friendship between the seven Southeast U.S.
member states and Japan. Additionally, the respective governors of each
of the member states, and senior Japanese business and government
leaders including Japan’s Ambassador to the U.S. and Dr. Condoleezza
Rice will participate as keynote speakers. The meeting will provide
exciting networking opportunities for all of the some 400-500
participating delegates to renew old friendships and establish new
ones, including a golf tournament, sightseeing tours, receptions, meals
and entertainment.
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The Universidad San Ignacio De Loyola - Escuela de
Postgrado invites you to attend the Peru, Chile & Colombia: How
American Companies Can Enter These Key Markets. The objective of this
seminar is to present in the United States the most important economic
facts, business environment and investment opportunities in Peru, Chile
and Colombia. This seminar is targeted to professionals and businessmen
in the United States interested in exploring and learning about the
business environment and investment opportunities of Peru, Chile and
Colombia.
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With
20 years experience, the Latin American Conference on Rubber Technology
has become the most important event in this industry. This renowned
event offers opportunities to update your knowledge on the latest
technology, trends, make important business contacts and further
position your company or services and increase its visibility. The XIII
Conference will include technical conferences, master classes,
workshops, business presentations and scientific studies on rubber and
latex technology and related industries.
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